<Tab/>A tragic hero can be defined in several different ways. The dictionary defines it as a "a literary character who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw that, combined with fate and external forces, brings on a tragedy". Shakespeare's definition is similar, but the tragic heroes in his literary works are in some sense of high estate or nobility and also realize their flaw before dying. Some …showed first 75 words of 801 total…

…showed last 75 words of 801 total…He never realized that there was more than one road to success, and he died still not knowing. As one looks back on Willy's life, it is clear that a tragic hero is not required to be wealthy or famous. The tragedy is more clearly seen in a middle-class man, because one can relate to him. The one thing necessary is the flaw that brings about his or her death, and Willy definitely had one.